How Does Industrialization Affect the Structure of International Trade? the Japanese Experience in the Pacific Basin, 1975-85

Author/Editor:

Sayuri Shirai

Publication Date:

August 1, 1994

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Summary:

This paper provides a theoretical model to address the issue of how industrialization affects the structure of international trade. Considering both horizontal and vertical product differentiation, the model shows that intra-industry trade increases when product quality improvement emerges in a developing country and when a difference in relative factor endowments between a developed and a developing countries shrinks. To promote understanding of the conclusions of the model, the paper also uses actual trade data between Japan and Indonesia and between Japan and Korea.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1994/095

Subject:

Notes:

Study based on actual trade data between Japan and Indonesia and between Japan and Korea.

English

Publication Date:

August 1, 1994

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451851779/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0951994

Pages:

40

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